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Ambonychiopsis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4594804	https://www.gbif.org/species/4594804
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16459	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16459

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Ambonychiidae : Ambonychiopsis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Ambonychioidea
family	Ambonychiidae	Miller 1877
genus	Ambonychiopsis	Isberg 1934

Scientific Name

Ambonychiopsis Isberg, 1934

Name Published In

Stud. Lamellibr. Leptaenakalkes Dalarua, 6

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ambonychiopsis	genus	belongs to Ambonychiidae	stated with evidence	Isberg, 1934
Ambonychiopsis	genus	belongs to Ambonychiidae	stated without evidence	Pojeta, 1966
Ambonychiopsis	genus	belongs to Ambonychiidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Ambonychiopsis	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

468 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

452 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Ambonychiidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Ambonychiidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).

Taphonomy

intermediate

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. Isberg. 1934. Studien über Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna. Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ambonychia affinis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ambonychia bellistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ambonychia curvata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ambonychia planistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ambonychiopsis kallholniensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ambonychiopsis osmundsbergensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1934	Ambonychiopsis Isberg
1966	Ambonychiopsis Pojeta pp. 160-162
1980	Ambonychiopsis Vokes p. 30
2002	Ambonychiopsis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Isberg O. (1934) Studien über Lamellibranchiaten des Leptaenakalkes in Dalarna, Håkan Ohlssons Buchdruckerei, 1-493

Pojeta J. (1966) North American Ambonychiidae (Pelecypoda), Palaeontographica Americana 5 36, 1-241

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Stud. Lamellibr. Leptaenakalkes Dalarua, 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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